The New Blood Orange Album Explores Black Depression & the Anxieties of Queer People of Color

'Negro Swan' drops on August 24.

Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange has officially finished his fourth album, and to prepare listeners, he’s returned with a brief teaser for the project.

“My newest album is an exploration into my own and many types of black depression, an honest look at the corners of black existence, and the ongoing anxieties of queer/people of colour,” he said of his new album, Negro Swan, in a press release. “A reach back into childhood and modern traumas, and the things we do to get through it all. The underlying thread through each piece on the album is the idea of HOPE, and the lights we can try to turn on within ourselves with a hopefully positive outcome of helping others out of their darkness.”

While the full track list has yet to be released, it’s been confirmed that neither “Christopher & 6th” nor “June 12th”—which Hynes released to commemorate Black History Month—will be included on the album.

Negro Swan comes two years after the release of Freetown Sound, which he once likened to a Beastie Boys classic.

“It’s like my version of Paul’s Boutique,” he told Pitchfork around the time of its release. “It kind of plays like a long mixtape.”

As NME notes, last month Hynes attended Virgil Abloh’s first fashion show for Louis Vuitton at Paris Fashion Week. On Saturday (July 21), he’ll kick off his Negro Swan fall tour in Chicago, IL at Union Park during the Pitchfork Music Festival. Check out full tour dates below, and stay tuned for the release of the album when it drops on August 24.

A Domino Mart deluxe double LP will be pressed on limited edition gold vinyl with a double-sided 24 x 36 poster and MP3s. The indie retail version deluxe double LP will be pressed on orange vinyl, and you can pre-order the album here or from the Domino Mart.